Your videos are one of the reasons I bought my Lumix GX85. I have a full frame DSLR that hasn’t left my closet in over a year 😮. I’m still learning it but so far I love it!
there's a saying in the backpackers community - if you can pack for a week you are already packed for 2 months (washing clothes buying toiletries as you go and for 2 months usually not needing to account for seasonal changes)
These micro four thirds used cameras cost the same as a used full frame camera. I was thinking these would be smaller, lighter and importantly CHEAPER. I wanted to learn photography. So I got a used Sony A7s2. Then lens I got with it was damaged. I thought buying a zoom lens would help me practice diversely with different focal lengths. Bought the Tamron 24-70 f2.8. The thing is I don't keep my camera with me. I should have got a fixed focal length lens (which would have also been smaller) and a smaller camera so that I can keep this handy with me always. I need to practice more and more. The setup I have currently I just don't carry with me. Keeping in mind I want to click pictures in low light during evening and night after office, please share some suggestions for a body and lens to have with me everyday.
I use a Olympus Pen E-P7, my first camera with interchangeable lenses. And I have to say, it's super fun to use it. I wouldn't believe it before if someone would have told me. I take more pictures than I take videos, sometimes even forget to film at all😅
These micro four thirds used cameras cost the same as a used full frame camera. I was thinking these would be smaller, lighter and importantly CHEAPER. I wanted to learn photography. So I got a used Sony A7s2. Then lens I got with it was damaged. I thought buying a zoom lens would help me practice diversely with different focal lengths. Bought the Tamron 24-70 f2.8. The thing is I don't keep my camera with me. I should have got a fixed focal length lens (which would have also been smaller) and a smaller camera so that I can keep this handy with me always. I need to practice more and more. The setup I have currently I just don't carry with me. Keeping in mind I want to click pictures in low light during evening and night after office, please share some suggestions for a body and lens to have with me everyday.
Thanks... very good video. I am very happy with my Olympus EM10 Mark II and my EM 1 Mark II. Lots of features like pro capture, Live composite, bracketing etc.. And yes you are correct just a wide selection of lenses plus I can use all of my vintage lenses on the camera with a 20 buck adapter !!!
Hi Gary always enjoy the videos. I would put in a caveat that bigger sensors are always better, that this really depends on age of the sensor,for example even budget m43 cameras like the GX800 have better dynamic range than some larger sensor cameras such as the Canon RP. Also DOF being doubled at equal apertures means sharper images with the M43 setup, for example I shoot vintage lenses with a Sony A7 II. But I find wide open the sharpness on even cheap Lumix lenses like the 25mm F1.7 beats even sharp vintage lenses like the Takumar 50mm F1.4, that lenses need to be stopped down to 2.8-3.5 to rival the M43 sharpness which means a higher ISO. I live in Metro Manila and shoot a lot at night with varying setups and sensor sizes and my best shots have been with the GH5 with fast primes. I could beat the results with a bigger sensor but it would be heavier and expensive
Whilst we can get small FF bodied like Sony, the lenses are huge, therein lies the problem. The Takumar is a Pentax, I have a Chinon PK 50mm f/1.4 that easily rivals it but the Ollie 45mm f/1.8 blows it into the weeds, and the size of an eggcup too. A lot of the, "MFT is poor in low light" is myth stemming from correcting the result for sensor size - which the ISO Standards for camera testing says thou shalt not do. If you keep MFT down to ISO 3200 the image is essentially clean, if you go ISO 6400 &up the raw can be de-noised quite easily. The cameras are quite good at cleaning up their own mess too, a sooc jpeg at ISO 25600 may or may not have acceptable noise, depending on quality of light and the look you want. The default NR can be too aggressive and produce salt & pepper speckles. Done right, extreme ISO can have a pleasant fast-film look.
I have been shooting with a GX85 since 2020 and actually just traded in my Canon DSLR gear for some micro four thirds lenses. In the last three years I’ve only used my canon equipment a couple times and it was only because I didn’t have micro four thirds lenses to cover those specific situations. I’ve become fully confident in the system’s ability to meet my needs so I’m letting go of DSLR and investing in the system that’s inspiring me.
These micro four thirds used cameras cost the same as a used full frame camera. I was thinking these would be smaller, lighter and importantly CHEAPER. I wanted to learn photography. So I got a used Sony A7s2. Then lens I got with it was damaged. I thought buying a zoom lens would help me practice diversely with different focal lengths. Bought the Tamron 24-70 f2.8. The thing is I don't keep my camera with me. I should have got a fixed focal length lens (which would have also been smaller) and a smaller camera so that I can keep this handy with me always. I need to practice more and more. The setup I have currently I just don't carry with me. Keeping in mind I want to click pictures in low light during evening and night after office, please share some suggestions for a body and lens to have with me everyday.
These micro four thirds used cameras cost the same as a used full frame camera. I was thinking these would be smaller, lighter and importantly CHEAPER. I wanted to learn photography. So I got a used Sony A7s2. Then lens I got with it was damaged. I thought buying a zoom lens would help me practice diversely with different focal lengths. Bought the Tamron 24-70 f2.8. The thing is I don't keep my camera with me. I should have got a fixed focal length lens (which would have also been smaller) and a smaller camera so that I can keep this handy with me always. I need to practice more and more. The setup I have currently I just don't carry with me. Keeping in mind I want to click pictures in low light during evening and night after office, please share some suggestions for a body and lens to have with me everyday.
I recently got a great deal on the "old" Olympus EM-5 Miii from Amazon thinking I would be sacrificing image quality for portability compared to my bulky Canon APS-C's. However I really haven't seen that much of a difference. I even bought a lens speed booster adapter for my Olympus to utilize the Canon lenses and even with an apples to apples comparison, the Olympus is very close even in low light and actually exceeds my 90D in some areas, particularly video. I plan to get more M43 lenses soon.
The E-M5iii sounds amazing! Same experience here, switched from Canon many years ago, couldn't really find any reduction in image quality after switching to M43. Thanks for sharing!
These micro four thirds used cameras cost the same as a used full frame camera. I was thinking these would be smaller, lighter and importantly CHEAPER. I wanted to learn photography. So I got a used Sony A7s2. Then lens I got with it was damaged. I thought buying a zoom lens would help me practice diversely with different focal lengths. Bought the Tamron 24-70 f2.8. The thing is I don't keep my camera with me. I should have got a fixed focal length lens (which would have also been smaller) and a smaller camera so that I can keep this handy with me always. I need to practice more and more. The setup I have currently I just don't carry with me. Keeping in mind I want to click pictures in low light during evening and night after office, please share some suggestions for a body and lens to have with me everyday.
These micro four thirds used cameras cost the same as a used full frame camera. I was thinking these would be smaller, lighter and importantly CHEAPER. I wanted to learn photography. So I got a used Sony A7s2. Then lens I got with it was damaged. I thought buying a zoom lens would help me practice diversely with different focal lengths. Bought the Tamron 24-70 f2.8. The thing is I don't keep my camera with me. I should have got a fixed focal length lens (which would have also been smaller) and a smaller camera so that I can keep this handy with me always. I need to practice more and more. The setup I have currently I just don't carry with me. Keeping in mind I want to click pictures in low light during evening and night after office, please share some suggestions for a body and lens to have with me everyday.
Dunno about OCD but dust is not a good look. Pana come with lens pouches, or use "jewellery bags". The kit is so tough (Pana do 'standard drop test' the packages 30-ft onto concrete) that we probably only need the padded backpack for transport and can be slipped into a, "I haven't got a camera", courier bag for carry, or a coat pocket.
No one will ever know the difference as long as a good lens is used. And that’s the big benefit lenses usually cost less for m43. Expecting Panasonic to come out with a new pdaf m43 sometime soon. I also enjoy all the manual focus lenses for street photography using zone focusing on those lenses
These micro four thirds used cameras cost the same as a used full frame camera. I was thinking these would be smaller, lighter and importantly CHEAPER. I wanted to learn photography. So I got a used Sony A7s2. Then lens I got with it was damaged. I thought buying a zoom lens would help me practice diversely with different focal lengths. Bought the Tamron 24-70 f2.8. The thing is I don't keep my camera with me. I should have got a fixed focal length lens (which would have also been smaller) and a smaller camera so that I can keep this handy with me always. I need to practice more and more. The setup I have currently I just don't carry with me. Keeping in mind I want to click pictures in low light during evening and night after office, please share some suggestions for a body and lens to have with me everyday.
@@photographer8486 greetings from FL. I’m moving to a Nikon z5 and a tiny 40mm f2 for a daily carry. Nikon has a small 26mm, 28mm too. For the price it’s hard to beat the z5. I had it previously and buying again. Viltrox has some good offerings for it too. The ZF is good too. Those smaller lenses really make it easy to carry.
Your videos are one of the reasons I bought my Lumix GX85. I have a full frame DSLR that hasn’t left my closet in over a year 😮. I’m still learning it but so far I love it!
Great to hear! Enjoy your GX85! It is a really great camera!
there's a saying in the backpackers community - if you can pack for a week you are already packed for 2 months (washing clothes buying toiletries as you go and for 2 months usually not needing to account for seasonal changes)
Very true! I'm also really into one bag travels recently!
Agree a lot underrated...I am a sports photographer and use G9 and 200mm F2.8.
These micro four thirds used cameras cost the same as a used full frame camera. I was thinking these would be smaller, lighter and importantly CHEAPER.
I wanted to learn photography. So I got a used Sony A7s2. Then lens I got with it was damaged. I thought buying a zoom lens would help me practice diversely with different focal lengths. Bought the Tamron 24-70 f2.8. The thing is I don't keep my camera with me. I should have got a fixed focal length lens (which would have also been smaller) and a smaller camera so that I can keep this handy with me always. I need to practice more and more. The setup I have currently I just don't carry with me.
Keeping in mind I want to click pictures in low light during evening and night after office, please share some suggestions for a body and lens to have with me everyday.
I use a Olympus Pen E-P7, my first camera with interchangeable lenses.
And I have to say, it's super fun to use it. I wouldn't believe it before if someone would have told me.
I take more pictures than I take videos, sometimes even forget to film at all😅
me to i have one. and i like it sew much small.and. tak sharp picture
These micro four thirds used cameras cost the same as a used full frame camera. I was thinking these would be smaller, lighter and importantly CHEAPER.
I wanted to learn photography. So I got a used Sony A7s2. Then lens I got with it was damaged. I thought buying a zoom lens would help me practice diversely with different focal lengths. Bought the Tamron 24-70 f2.8. The thing is I don't keep my camera with me. I should have got a fixed focal length lens (which would have also been smaller) and a smaller camera so that I can keep this handy with me always. I need to practice more and more. The setup I have currently I just don't carry with me.
Keeping in mind I want to click pictures in low light during evening and night after office, please share some suggestions for a body and lens to have with me everyday.
You have totally right. Today i still use my Olympus OMD-E5 Mark 1 for all you say in the video. In my bag there is also a OMD-E1 Mark3
Thanks... very good video. I am very happy with my Olympus EM10 Mark II and my EM 1 Mark II. Lots of features like pro capture, Live composite, bracketing etc.. And yes you are correct just a wide selection of lenses plus I can use all of my vintage lenses on the camera with a 20 buck adapter !!!
Hi Gary always enjoy the videos. I would put in a caveat that bigger sensors are always better, that this really depends on age of the sensor,for example even budget m43 cameras like the GX800 have better dynamic range than some larger sensor cameras such as the Canon RP.
Also DOF being doubled at equal apertures means sharper images with the M43 setup, for example I shoot vintage lenses with a Sony A7 II. But I find wide open the sharpness on even cheap Lumix lenses like the 25mm F1.7 beats even sharp vintage lenses like the Takumar 50mm F1.4, that lenses need to be stopped down to 2.8-3.5 to rival the M43 sharpness which means a higher ISO. I live in Metro Manila and shoot a lot at night with varying setups and sensor sizes and my best shots have been with the GH5 with fast primes. I could beat the results with a bigger sensor but it would be heavier and expensive
Whilst we can get small FF bodied like Sony, the lenses are huge, therein lies the problem. The Takumar is a Pentax, I have a Chinon PK 50mm f/1.4 that easily rivals it but the Ollie 45mm f/1.8 blows it into the weeds, and the size of an eggcup too.
A lot of the, "MFT is poor in low light" is myth stemming from correcting the result for sensor size - which the ISO Standards for camera testing says thou shalt not do. If you keep MFT down to ISO 3200 the image is essentially clean, if you go ISO 6400 &up the raw can be de-noised quite easily. The cameras are quite good at cleaning up their own mess too, a sooc jpeg at ISO 25600 may or may not have acceptable noise, depending on quality of light and the look you want. The default NR can be too aggressive and produce salt & pepper speckles. Done right, extreme ISO can have a pleasant fast-film look.
I use Panasonic gh4 and gh5. I have a huge collection of lenses that I couldn't afford if it was full frame
I have been shooting with a GX85 since 2020 and actually just traded in my Canon DSLR gear for some micro four thirds lenses. In the last three years I’ve only used my canon equipment a couple times and it was only because I didn’t have micro four thirds lenses to cover those specific situations. I’ve become fully confident in the system’s ability to meet my needs so I’m letting go of DSLR and investing in the system that’s inspiring me.
These micro four thirds used cameras cost the same as a used full frame camera. I was thinking these would be smaller, lighter and importantly CHEAPER.
I wanted to learn photography. So I got a used Sony A7s2. Then lens I got with it was damaged. I thought buying a zoom lens would help me practice diversely with different focal lengths. Bought the Tamron 24-70 f2.8. The thing is I don't keep my camera with me. I should have got a fixed focal length lens (which would have also been smaller) and a smaller camera so that I can keep this handy with me always. I need to practice more and more. The setup I have currently I just don't carry with me.
Keeping in mind I want to click pictures in low light during evening and night after office, please share some suggestions for a body and lens to have with me everyday.
Bought an OM-D E-M5 I on a whim. Now I own a MK II, an E-M10 III, and a GX-85. While my other cameras gather dust.
Thumbs-up for sure. All good points.
These micro four thirds used cameras cost the same as a used full frame camera. I was thinking these would be smaller, lighter and importantly CHEAPER.
I wanted to learn photography. So I got a used Sony A7s2. Then lens I got with it was damaged. I thought buying a zoom lens would help me practice diversely with different focal lengths. Bought the Tamron 24-70 f2.8. The thing is I don't keep my camera with me. I should have got a fixed focal length lens (which would have also been smaller) and a smaller camera so that I can keep this handy with me always. I need to practice more and more. The setup I have currently I just don't carry with me.
Keeping in mind I want to click pictures in low light during evening and night after office, please share some suggestions for a body and lens to have with me everyday.
I recently got a great deal on the "old" Olympus EM-5 Miii from Amazon thinking I would be sacrificing image quality for portability compared to my bulky Canon APS-C's. However I really haven't seen that much of a difference. I even bought a lens speed booster adapter for my Olympus to utilize the Canon lenses and even with an apples to apples comparison, the Olympus is very close even in low light and actually exceeds my 90D in some areas, particularly video. I plan to get more M43 lenses soon.
The E-M5iii sounds amazing! Same experience here, switched from Canon many years ago, couldn't really find any reduction in image quality after switching to M43. Thanks for sharing!
These micro four thirds used cameras cost the same as a used full frame camera. I was thinking these would be smaller, lighter and importantly CHEAPER.
I wanted to learn photography. So I got a used Sony A7s2. Then lens I got with it was damaged. I thought buying a zoom lens would help me practice diversely with different focal lengths. Bought the Tamron 24-70 f2.8. The thing is I don't keep my camera with me. I should have got a fixed focal length lens (which would have also been smaller) and a smaller camera so that I can keep this handy with me always. I need to practice more and more. The setup I have currently I just don't carry with me.
Keeping in mind I want to click pictures in low light during evening and night after office, please share some suggestions for a body and lens to have with me everyday.
Back in the m43 picked up a g95 for street
Very good! 5 big reasons for m43.
my best lense for m43 is the olympus 40-150 2,8, i love this lense.
These micro four thirds used cameras cost the same as a used full frame camera. I was thinking these would be smaller, lighter and importantly CHEAPER.
I wanted to learn photography. So I got a used Sony A7s2. Then lens I got with it was damaged. I thought buying a zoom lens would help me practice diversely with different focal lengths. Bought the Tamron 24-70 f2.8. The thing is I don't keep my camera with me. I should have got a fixed focal length lens (which would have also been smaller) and a smaller camera so that I can keep this handy with me always. I need to practice more and more. The setup I have currently I just don't carry with me.
Keeping in mind I want to click pictures in low light during evening and night after office, please share some suggestions for a body and lens to have with me everyday.
Naorr, traveling kahit saan²
I gotta admit, your lenses in your backpack without lens caps kind of triggered my OCD. LOL!
Dunno about OCD but dust is not a good look. Pana come with lens pouches, or use "jewellery bags".
The kit is so tough (Pana do 'standard drop test' the packages 30-ft onto concrete) that we probably only need the padded backpack for transport and can be slipped into a, "I haven't got a camera", courier bag for carry, or a coat pocket.
No one will ever know the difference as long as a good lens is used. And that’s the big benefit lenses usually cost less for m43. Expecting Panasonic to come out with a new pdaf m43 sometime soon. I also enjoy all the manual focus lenses for street photography using zone focusing on those lenses
I am very excited about the upcoming PDAF M43 Panasonic cameras!
These micro four thirds used cameras cost the same as a used full frame camera. I was thinking these would be smaller, lighter and importantly CHEAPER.
I wanted to learn photography. So I got a used Sony A7s2. Then lens I got with it was damaged. I thought buying a zoom lens would help me practice diversely with different focal lengths. Bought the Tamron 24-70 f2.8. The thing is I don't keep my camera with me. I should have got a fixed focal length lens (which would have also been smaller) and a smaller camera so that I can keep this handy with me always. I need to practice more and more. The setup I have currently I just don't carry with me.
Keeping in mind I want to click pictures in low light during evening and night after office, please share some suggestions for a body and lens to have with me everyday.
@@photographer8486 greetings from FL. I’m moving to a Nikon z5 and a tiny 40mm f2 for a daily carry. Nikon has a small 26mm, 28mm too. For the price it’s hard to beat the z5. I had it previously and buying again. Viltrox has some good offerings for it too. The ZF is good too. Those smaller lenses really make it easy to carry.